why are atheists so rude?

Question

when some ask a question about God, they are rude and mean,why?

Answer 1

Maybe because we get asked questions like this... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AipHee4jj19Zm_hcUVCVddvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071025095739AAW8PRn&show=7#profile-info-7x3opkpFaa

Answer 2

I find Christian religious beliefs to be insulting to humanity. But I respect the quest for transcendence. We all are trying to make a better experience for ourselves and each other. Religion is not the way forward, and that is very easy to prove. Has the progress in the world come from more religion? No, progress and improved quality of life are proportional to a *decrease* of religious influence over the last 1000 years.

Answer 3

They aren't all rude. And how about all those rude christians when anyone else asks a question??? Or didn't you see the forest because the trees were in the way???

Answer 4

I'm myself an atheist, but I'll have to admit the extreme rudeness shown by some people who can't accept others' right to its beliefs. I’m often embarrassed when I witness such a behavior.

Answer 5

I'm never intentionally rude - honestly! But I have to admit that I loathe certain religious doctrines with such intensity that it's sometimes hard to express myself with equanimity.

Also, some people interpret plain statements of fact as being "rude" simply because they happen to contradict some religious doctrine. That's pretty much how we wound up with the idea that "evolutionists" are satanic.

Answer 6

It is not rude to give an answer that you dont like. If you ask a question in a public forum like this, you have to expect someone to have a differing opinion to yours

Answer 7

There is a conflict over the meaning of this term:

Most dictionaries and non-Atheists define "Atheist" as a person who actively denies the existence of any Gods, Goddess, Satan, angels, demons, etc.
Many, perhaps most, people who identify themselves as Atheists simply have no concept of any such supernatural beings. They conclude that the existence of God can be neither proved nor disproved, just as the existence of invisible pink unicorns (IPU) and the flying spaghetti monster (FSM) cannot be proved or disproved.
Atheists who actively deny the existence of God are generally called "strong Atheists."

As a result, a lot of religious conservatives attack all Atheists for stating an unprovable belief that God does not exist. In reality. They are wasting their time.

Meanwhile, Atheists are generally quite open to any proof that supernatural entities do or do not exist. They are currently unaware of any such proof. They do acknowledge that many Christians and other theists are totally convinced of the existence of a God as described by their religion.

Lack of tolerance towards Atheists: Although adults in North America exhibit reasonable tolerance towards persons belonging to different Christian denominations and other organized religions, this acceptance does not necessarily extend to Atheists.

Many conservative Christians state that Atheists reject God because of an ulterior motive. They argue that if Atheists were to accept God's existence, then they would have to yield to God's criticism of their profoundly immoral behavior, and adopt a higher moral standard to govern their lives. We have see numerous references to this conviction published on the Internet and broadcast over conservative Christian radio programs. Some are quite abusive and do not reflect well on the authors' religion.

Atheism is not a religion in the sense that Christianity, Islam, and, Judaism are. Atheism is not generally perceived as offering a complete guideline for living as do most religions.

Atheism is confined to one factor: the existence or non-existence of a deity.
Atheism can involve the positive assertion that there is no deity. This is sometimes referred to as "strong Atheism." It is the most common dictionary definition for the term "Atheist."
Atheism can be the absence of a belief that there is a deity. This is the belief promoted by the American Atheists group and many individual Atheists.

Each atheist has a personal moral code. However, it is generally derived from secular considerations, and not from any "revealed" religious text.

In one way, most people in North America are Atheists. Christians will generally deny the existence of the Mayan, Hindu, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Sumerian, Sikh, and many hundreds of other Gods and Goddesses, even as they assert their belief in the Christian Trinity. Thus, the difference between a typical Christian and a typical Atheist is numerically small: The strong Atheist believes that none of the many thousands of Gods and Goddesses exist; the Christian believes that one God exists in a certain structure -- a Trinity -- whereas all of the other thousands of deities are nonexistent, artificial creations by humans. Although the numerical difference is much less that 0.1%, the philosophical difference is immense.

There exists massive discrimination against Atheists in the U.S.

Part of this may be based on the historical linkage between Communism and Atheism. Most Communists are Atheists. But many people do not realize that most Atheists in North America are not Communists.

Another reason for this discrimination is the common belief that a person cannot be motivated to lead a moral life unless they hope for the reward of heaven, and fear the punishment of Hell. In the past, this belief had been codified into law.

Conscientious objectors opposed to participating in warfare were thrown in jail if their opposition to killing was not based on belief in God.

Still another cause of discrimination is a widespread linkage between theism -- the belief in the existence of God -- American citizenship, and Christianity.

Answer 8

For the same reason all Christians tell us we will burn in hell.

(Translation-not all atheists are rude. Technically I'm agnostic. I won't say I'm never rude, but I feel totally justified when I am.)

Answer 9

I'm never rude when I point out that belief in god is purely delusional

Why are you being so rude as to group all atheists together? I'm sure you would be offended if all religionists were grouped together under one stereotype

Answer 10

People can be rude. It doesn't matter which religion they do or do not follow. It isn't because they are Atheists - it is because they may just be rude people.

Answer 11

Why are Christians so closed minded?? Im answering your question with a question- is that rude??